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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
8
An farmer shares techniques to tame and handle animals through calm, confident handling and strategic feeding. He describes training wild pullets to become tame, hogs that act like pets, and a dangerous bull calmed by gradual feeding. Emphasizes humane methods over whipping and stresses feeding as a tool in breaking horses and treating wounds.
The South west Trail of May 1913 presents H C Brandes of Avoca Iowa arguing alfalfa outperforms timothy for hay. He found 11 acres of alfalfa yielded the same hay tonnage as 40 acres timothy and each alfalfa ton feeds more. Raising alfalfa could free land for corn and raise farm profits.
The piece argues dairy profitability hinges on individual cow performance. It notes Jersey cows can diverge greatly in milk and butterfat yield despite similar feed and care, with one third of cows often unprofitable. It advocates using spring balances, milk records, testing, and cooperative testers to track yield and fat, then feed accordingly for efficiency and early health detection.
A Kansas Farmer reader asks how long recovered hogs can transmit hog cholera and whether double treated immune hogs can spread the disease. It is generally believed transmission may extend three months or more after recovery. Immune hogs via double treatment do not transmit disease, but dipping and disinfecting are advised when moving into uninfected herds.
A magistrate berates a prisoner who denies membership in a light-fingered fraternity. The prisoner replies with a sharp joke about his theft timing, stating he rarely acts until after dark. The exchange underscores a tense legal confrontation without graphic detail.
Edward Lund petitions the Iowa District Court in Winneshiek County asking to reform a deed and clarify the will of Peter O. Lund. He asserts the deed misdescribed land in Sections 13 and 14, seeks a proper construction of the will, and a judgment that he owns the described premises in fee simple, with all defendants barred from adverse claims.
Proceedings demand quiet title to described premises after a death, with defendants warned to appear by Sept 22, 1913, or default and judgment may be entered. Notices appoint executrices for J H Haug and Daniel P Hawes estates, requiring creditors to file claims and debtors to pay, with lawyers noted.
Notice is given of the appointment of executors for the estate of A N Green also known as Andrew Nelson Green late of Fremont township Winneshiek County Iowa deceased Executrix Ada Young announces that all persons who owe or are owed amounts by the estate must settle payments at Decorah Iowa dated May 23 1913
The executor of the estate of Elijah Johnson late of Hesper township in Winneshiek County Iowa declares the estate testate and calls debts due to the estate to be paid. B. M. White is named as executor and notices the date May 21 1913 at Decorah Iowa.
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